GAEEOCHUS

ΓΑΙΗΟΧΟΣ

That is, "the holder of the earth," is a common epithet of Poseidon (Hom. Od. xi. 240), and near Therapne, in Laconia, he had a temple under the name of Gaeëochus. (Paus. iii. 20. § 2.) But the name is also given to other divinities to describe them as the protectors and patrons of certain districts, e. g.Artemis Gaeëochus at Thebes. (Soph. Oed. Tyr. 160.)